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Ploppz

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Registered: 2013-09-14

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(regex) Need help figuring out why this perl-rename test doesn't work.

I'm testing out perl-rename, renaming files using regex.

I named a file "f30e" and as a test I want to just find the number and place it first:

perl-rename 's/\(.*\)\([0-9][0-9]\)\(.*\)/\2\1\3/g' *

Expected result is 30fe. Actual result: It stays the same.

I need this because I need to isolate and rearrange certain pieces of information in the file names.

Thanks.

falconindy

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Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: (regex) Need help figuring out why this perl-rename test doesn't work.

If you want to use perl-rename, you have to use perl regex. Get rid of your escapes for the parenthesis.

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TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

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Re: (regex) Need help figuring out why this perl-rename test doesn't work.

A bibliography

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint